Posted on 03/16/2003 2:52:02 AM PST by sarcasm
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A second man with ties to the University of Idaho has been arrested in a widening investigation of a suspected terrorist-related group in the Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Wash., area, an FBI source confirms.
Two other men who also have ties to the area and the Michigan-based Islamic Assembly of North America have been implicated in the investigation but not arrested.
Federal investigators allege that the nonprofit IANA, which acknowledges it was formed to promote Islam, funneled money to activities that support terrorism.
Former Idaho student Bassem Khafagi was arrested in January near New York City's LaGuardia Airport to face bank fraud charges in Michigan, court documents show.
The government says Khafagi was a founding member of the group.
"There is a very strong University of Idaho tie to that organization [IANA]," the FBI agent said.
The second man under arrest is University of Idaho student Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, who was arrested last month and charged with visa fraud and making false statements on visa applications.
He is in custody in Boise, Idaho.
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